For the first time, researchers at Umeå University have observed the same type of programmed cell death in microalgae as in humans. The discovery, published in Nature Communications, shows that this ...

Nearly every cell in your body depends on mitochondria to survive and function properly. Mitochondria provide 90% of our ...

The yeast fungus Candida albicans not only uses the toxin candidalysin to cause infections, but also to colonize the oral mucosa inconspicuously – but only in finely balanced amounts. Too little toxin ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.

A tragic RSV vaccine trial in the 1960s set the field back for decades. Here’s how scientists finally made breakthroughs in ...

Researchers at Duke University have shown that blocking an enzyme involved in iron regulation not only kills multiple myeloma ...

When model cell membranes bind to biomaterials, it is not the binding strength but the speed of the receptors in the ...

In the march of metastasis, a molecular trail of crumbs guides some cancer cells from the primary tumor to establish new ...

Purdue University scientists are deciphering an intricate cellular signaling system critical to immune response to better ...

If you've ever accidentally sliced yourself on a broken glass or a piece of paper, you may have noticed that the bleeding can ...

School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a transformative immunotherapeutic approach, yet its ...